The Road to Grace
by Mike Genung is a Christian men’s book for those struggling with sexual
addiction, especially pornography. Genung is the founder of an international men’s
ministry, Blazing Grace, which is aimed at the issues addressed in the book. He
tells of his own testimony and struggles very transparently. He brings a lot of scripture and experience
with God to the table. It is a book you have to chew over and process slowly.
Genung wrote a good book for Christian married men who
struggle with pornography. There is a small section for wives of husbands struggling
with pornography, but there is no helpful content for women who struggle sexual
issues, including no recommended resources. While single men may be able to
find much of what is in here helpful, the book was definitely written for a
married man. Single men were nodded at, but many chapters were written
exclusively for married men and the difficulty of purity during celibacy was
never mentioned. There is a lot here for Christian married men who struggle
with sexual sin other than pornography, but that definitely is the focus. While
this is directed at a specific demographic, it unfortunately also covers a far
large amount of men in the Church today, and therefore many will find it invaluable.
The book is called The
Road to Grace because Genung focuses on God’s grace as the answer for these
men. One thing he did was to switch between “love”
and “grace” as if they were the exact same word. While God’s grace and God’s
love are certainly entwined, I've known many Christians who accept one but struggle with the other. But Genung makes no differential at all. I also thought his
chapter order was not well done. I read the first few chapters thinking the
book was headed in one direction only to find it was more well-rounded than it
appeared. I recommend if you aren’t
finding helpful information in the first few chapters, persist.
Overall I thought it was a good resource and would recommend
it.
I received this book for free from the BookCrash program in
exchange for my unbiased review.
Good review. I'm thankful for those who write resources to minister to others. Thanks for letting us know about it.
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